SENTENCED TO DEATH.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17430, 15 April 1922, Page 12

SENTENCED TO DEATH.

ASMSTBONtt MUKDER TBZAIu , (By C*Vi»—Pr«« A»»o«#ti<wfc--Ck>pyrisbt) (Au<rtr*li»n, wrf N.Z. Cable Association.) i (Receivod April 14th, . 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. April 13. Major Herbert Armstrong was found i guilty <rf the murder of- hiswife, and sentenced to death. . Medical * exports for the defence «- i pressed the opinion that; Mrs Armstrong died of a'big'dose of arsehio taken six i days before her death. : ■ I Mr Curtis Bennett, j ootinscl for accused, ic his final speech, emphasised tii© fact that the dead -woman, who was I just • from an asylum, suffered from idelusions, and' could no doubt have I committed suicide.; I Mr Justice Darling, in summing up, said;. iho case waß probably the most remarkable in living memory. He emphasised - the value of circumstantial, evidence, provided it was good^/l^g^xUngi'the suggestion that 'the suicide, he askecT the jury to consider if shV frould have said 1 just before she died, "Iqm not going '.to die; am I?" if ih& had taken arsenic herself. The.jury wa« away an htfur.When-they returned, Armstrong. in reply to a caution, said he Shad nothing furthiei , :tp say.': He stood rigidly to attention while the Judge said'he agreed/"the verdict, and passed' sentence -of death. Armstrong i cell without aid, preserving ]ih© satn® cool and : collected demeanour wliich he eihibited .during the | loiig Notice <tf aipjpeal hfca, been given;